KEY ISSUES

The SAILOR project represents a key contribution to the European policy for the development of new telecommunications services and for the global building-up of the European Information Society.
Technological innovation and the growing demand for global personal communication services have opened opportunities, in space and time, for new commercial applications of satellite. This scenario will be characterized by the offer and supply of a set of new services, provided through the available space infrastructure. This market segment will be able to exploit the special features of satellite communication: fast and complete geographic coverage, service provision (not only voice traffic) to wide areas which lack cellular service due to insufficient traffic density or areas with no telecommunications service at all.
SAILOR has the goal of creating an exploitable approach for Satellite UMTS services in Europe, by identifying, designing and demonstrating high-quality affordable services and innovative functionalities upon an integrated Terrestrial and Satellite UMTS.

OBJECTIVES

The SAILOR project has to achieve the following specific objectives:

The SAILOR project, thanks to the financial support of the IST Programme of the European Union, aims at demonstrating the feasibility and viability of providing an appealing service mix over an integrated T-S-UMTS network. In order to reach this aim, the SAILOR project has to develop a complex mix of advanced mobile and wireless methodologies and technologies which include:

• a market analysis for the identification of the most suitable service mix and traffic configuration/statistics which can be supported by the integrated T-S-UMTS network,
• the implementation of innovative multicast procedures for the integrated T-S-UMTS network,
• the implementation of an advanced UMTS Core Network suitable to support the multicast procedures and that can naturally interwork with both a T-UMTS Access Network and an S-UMTS Access Network,
• the implementation of a fully innovative software Cellular Planning Tool for the optimization of the integrated T-S-UMTS cellular layout,
• the implementation of advanced CAC procedures which, in conjunction with the Cellular Planning Tool, allow the optimization of the exploitation of the radio resources of the integrated T-S-UMTS network.

PROJECT ACTIVITY

Technical Approach

The SAILOR project will implement a demonstrator, aiming at a complete integration between T-UMTS & S-UMTS. The demonstrator will add new functionalities that will exploit more efficiently the utilization of the satellite segment, provide a meaningful environment to implement more advanced multimedia services (broadcast, multicast) and allow a more advanced implementation of the UMTS Core Network.

The SAILOR demonstrator consists of :

• an implemented UMTS Core Network targeting full IP compatibility, radio access unawareness and efficient multicast procedures;
• two emulated Access Networks, namely a terrestrial Wideband-CDMA UMTS Access Network and a satellite Wideband-CDMA UMTS Access Network. These Access Networks will include innovative procedures for resource optimisation (i.e. advanced Connection Admission Control (CAC), Intelligent Segment Selection (ISS), advanced Cellular Planning).
  

This SAILOR demonstrator will be used to carry out the following two experiments, focused on the Core Network and the Access Networks, respectively:

1) Fully IP Based Core Network experiment

This experiment aims at introducing new functionalities relevant to the UMTS Core Network as follows:

• Design/simulation/implementation of the interaction between UMTS protocols and Internet protocols through the implementation of a radio access unaware Core Network. The SAILOR project will develop and implement a Radio Access Support Node (RASN) which will provide UMTS Core Network functions in a fully IP based fashion.
• Design/simulation/implementation of innovative multicasting procedures for the support of multicasting services in the integrated T-S-UMTS network, with particular emphasis on the exploitation of the satellite Access Network for the support of broadcast/multicast services.
• Design/simulation/implementation of appropriate dynamic user profiles stored in the UMTS Mobility Server (UMS) database with Call State Control Functions (CSCF).
  

2) Access Network Resources Optimisation experiment

This experiment aims at introducing new functionalities in the access section of the integrated T-S-UMTS network, targeting to a fair and optimised management of the available resources. Its main features are:

• Design/development/implementation of the relevant software for two Access Network Emulators which will be used to represent the terrestrial Access Network and the satellite Access Network, respectively.
• Design/development/implementation of advanced Call Admission Control (CAC) procedures and Cellular Planning tools which will cooperate in order to achieve the optimisation of the T-S-UMTS radio resource exploitation.
  

The work to be undertaken in the SAILOR project is divided into eight Workpackages as follows:

• WP100 deals with program and technical management;
• WP200 deals with the market analysis which aims at identifying the most promising
  services to be provided through an integrated T-S-UMTS network;
• WP 300 deals with the requirement definition for the two experiments, the specification of the activities which will be experimented by means of the demonstrator and the simulator, the design of the demonstrator and the simulator architecture to cope with the experiments;
• WP 400, 500 deal with the two considered experiments. WP 400 deals with the Fully IP Based Core Network experiment and WP 500 deals with the Access Network Resources Optimisation experiment;
• WP 600 aims at carrying out the final integration step and testing of the demonstrator and simulator in order to verify the overall functionality as specified in WP 300, before performing the trials;
• WP 700 concerns the trials relevant to the two experiments which will be carried out on the SAILOR Demonstrator;
• WP 800 deals with the dissemination and exploitation of results of the project. It has an important focus on contributions to the standardization bodies.
  

RESULTS

The expected results of the SAILOR project are the standardization of the designed and experimented functions, as well as the development of advanced multimedia services, upon the integrated T-S-UMTS, which can be commercially exploited in the short term.

• The exploitable results from the various development activities include:
• The introduction of a UMTS Radio Access Support Node aiming at the convergence of the cellular UMTS access network with the Internet networks.
• Multicasting procedures being enhanced by the support of new SIP protocol features in coordination with the inherent broadcasting capabilities of the satellite segment.
• The inclusion of CAC procedures into the UMTS access network QoS architecture taking into account both terrestrial and satellite segment conditions and providing the potential of selecting the appropriate segment for accommodating a new session

Accurate cellular planning for an optimal antennas deployment as to satisfy the whole traffic requests on a certain area.

The results of the project will be targeted, apart from the various market sectors, to standardization bodies. In particular, SAILOR is expected to provide inputs and contributions to the Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems S-UMTS Task Force (ASMS S-UMTS TF), where SAILOR aims at assuming a guiding role, providing market scenarios and innovative technical features to support the new identified services and functionalities. Furthermore, it targets at contributing to the activities of the relevant UMTS ETSI and 3GPP standardization groups, which are involved in the development of new market scenarios for the 3G satellites systems and in the adoption of innovative network tools targeted to support these proposed scenarios.

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CONSORTIUM

A major objective of the SAILOR project initiators has been to select, for each task within the project, a partner with outstanding experience in the relevant field:

• Telespazio as one of Europe’s leading satellite companies,
• The University of Rome “La Sapienza” as experts in communication protocols, optimization and satellite communications,
• Aachen University of Technology as experts in mobile communication protocols and stochastic simulations
• Space Engineering with their strong technical background in the field of mobile (satellite) communications,
• Eutelis Consult as a leading European consulting company operating in the telecommunications and value added market for strategic scenario definition, market process planning, business modelling and competitive analysis,
• The University of L’Aquila as an expert in optimization models and algorithms with particular interest in real world applications,
• Siemens as an outstanding industry partner to cope with the mobile radio core network evolution including the IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem of UMTS,
• Ericsson Hellas as a 100% owned subsidiary of LM Ericsson AB, which is a leading supplier of advanced 3G systems as well as technological and architectural solutions,
• Integrasys, is a Spanish SME that provides software products and engineering solutions for monitoring telecommunication signals. Integrasys software technologies address telecom applications, interfaces and protocol design, test and measurement systems and monitoring&management
• Ascom has a strong background in Physical Layer design and implementation. Moreover, they are experienced in Radio Network modelling and the integration of these models in network simulators.
  
  A general description of each partner is hereinafter presented, including contact details.

Description of participants

1 - TELESPAZIO

Tele Telespazio S.p.A. is a Telecom Italia Group Company for managing all the Italian satellite activities. Telespazio operates space systems (earth stations and satellites) on international, regional and national basis with the INTELSAT, EUTELSAT and INMARSAT systems.
In a highly competitive environment, Telespazio also pursues new commercial opportunities in other areas such as remote sensing, in-orbit satellite management, television and mobile systems and advanced space programs. Telespazio combines a unique experience of operational and advanced system engineering capabilities. It has about 1,000 employees, distributed among its headquarters in Rome and its facilities, i.e.:
• the Fucino Space Centre (Central Italy),
• the Lario earth station (Northern Italy),
• the Scanzano earth station in Sicily (Southern Italy). Telespazio also manages the laser stations for space geodesy at Matera, in the south of Italy, on behalf of the Italian Space Agency.

Telespazio's diversified activities and services can be briefly summarised as follows:
Operation of space systems (earth stations and satellites).
TT&C for satellites in orbit (INTELSAT, ESA, COMSAT General, TRMS for Intelsat and Eutelsat).
Satellite earth remote sensing. Acquisition and processing of data received from various remote sensing satellites, distribution of relevant products and "ad hoc" services to end users.
In Orbit Testing (IOT), Control and Monitoring for INTELSAT, OLYMPUS and ITALSAT satellites.
Consulting Services to the Italian Space Agency and to other national and international Entities, both for earth station and satellite telecommunications system design.
Operational experimentation and studies. Telecommunications experiments with Intelsat, Sirio and OTS satellites; studies for ESA, INTELSAT, ASI (Italian Space Agency), EUTELSAT, INMARSAT, EEC and others.
Turn-key systems design and implementation. In orbit operations ground facilities design and implementation.
Personal Communication Satellite Network (PCSN) and mobile systems.

Contact: Mr. Arnoldo Giralda
arnoldo_giralda@telespazio.it
http://www.telespazio.it

2 - University of Rome "La Sapienza"

The University of Rome "La Sapienza" is the by far the biggest and oldest Roman university. It hosts several faculties which, in turn, are organized in departments.
In particular, the "Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica (DIS)" (Department of Computer and System Sciences) of the Faculty of Engineering (this department will be in charge of this project) has been involved in studies and applied researches concerning a variety of subjects; in particular:

1. Network aspects relevant to wireless networks and satellite systems
2. Traffic analysis and control in wireless networks
3. Algorithm Engineering
4. Adaptive and Robust Control
5. Control of Distributed Systems
6. Identification and Optimal Control
7. Robotics
8. Artificial Intelligence
9. Mobility in the Internet
10. Traffic control algorithms in packet-switched networks

The results of these studies and researches have been the object of plenty of publications in books, International Reviews and International Conference Proceedings.
The above activities are supported by grants through the Public Education Ministry (MPI), the National Research Council (CNR), and European organizations and programs.

The Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica (DIS) of the University of Rome "La Sapienza" has been involved in several projects belonging to the ACTS (Advanced Communications, Technologies and Services) forth framework programme in the mobile domain area in the past and is currently committed in six projects granted within the new IST fifth framework programme. In particular, DIS were involved in the following ACTS projects: WISDOM, ACCORD, MEDIAN, SECOMS, SAMBA and EXODUS. The six IST projects DIS is currently committed are:

• the WINE project, whose aim is to design an Internet architecture for wireless access in a LAN environment. The main areas of research of the project are enhancing link reliability and communication throughput, achieving a fair allocation of bandwidth in the wireless link, handle host mobility. DIS has designed and is implementing a traffic control module operating in the WINE architecture to control queuing delays and guaranteeing a share of bandwidth over the wireless channel. In addition, it has designed a protocol for intra-domain mobility management to allow seamless communication of mobile terminal in a WLAN environment.
• the WINDFLEX project, whose objective is to design a high bit-rate flexible and configurable modem architecture, which works in single-hop, ad hoc networks and provides a wireless access to the Internet in an indoor environment where slow mobility is required. The best possible performance with a reasonable complexity is attained by using a jointly optimized adaptive system which includes the multiple access method, diversity, modulation and coding, and equalization and decoding. Bit rates from 64 kbit/s up to 100 Mbit/s are considered at the frequency in the band of 17 GHz.
• the SUITED project, whose goal is to contribute to the definition and deployment of the European Information Infrastructure via the design and validation of an integrated satellite/terrestrial broadband communication infrastructure for the support of mobile and portable, QoS-guaranteed Internet services. This will operate over complementary user environments such as: (i) the open / rural / suburban environments served by geo-stationary, regenerative broadband satellites (ii) urban and indoor environment served by either GPRS / UMTS or Hiperlan. DIS is mainly involved in the design and implementation of the T-IWU (Terminal InterWorking Unit) able offer QoS to a number of active connections by providing a service independent from the underlying network or segment providing access to the Internet network.
• the VIRTUOUS project, which aims at identifying, designing and demonstrating a feasible, pragmatic, smooth migration path towards Terrestrial and Satellite UMTS (T-S-UMTS), taking into account in progress standardization activities and UMTS related projects. DIS is engaged in the realization of a Quality of Service experiment demonstrating the ability of the foreseen architecture to provide a suitable QoS to all active applications.
• the BRAHMS/SATIP6 project, where an IP-based architecture for satellite broadband access is designed. The projects aims at providing a contribution to the standardization process for transporting multimedia over satellites establishing a separation between Radio Technology Dependent (RTD) from Radio Technology Independent (RTI) functionalities and defining the interface between the two. DIS involved in the design of the RTI parts of the architecture and in the definition of the RTI/RTD interface.
• the GEOCAST project, whose purpose is to come up to a better definition of multicast satellite systems. The final architecture will consist of a number of functional sub-blocks which, interacting with each other, will address to different issues such as quality-of-service guarantees, buffer management, fairness, efficiency, scalability, flexibility and others particularised for the GEOCAST environment. DIS task is to provide the best access architecture that fits better multicast application requirements.

Contact: Mr. Francesco Delli Priscoli
dellipriscoli@dis.uniroma1.it
http://www.uniroma1.it

3 - Space Engineering

Space Engineering S.p.A. is an Italian Company established in 1989 by a group of leading space and telecommunications specialists, determined to satisfy the demands from telecom operators, Space Agencies and satellite suppliers for expert engineering services and software tools. Today, Space Engineering leads the way by offering a very wide spectrum of engineering services including:

• Satellite and telecommunication systems design
• Market investigation and user requirements definition
• Cost analysis and risk assessment
• Mission analysis, planning and support
• EMI/EMC system analysis
• Antenna design and realisation
• Design and development of custom digital equipment and boards
• Custom RF component design & development (filters, diplexers, couplers)
• ASIC design and realisation
• Custom scientific software and electromagnetic simulators
• Defence support services

Our carefully constructed skill set allows to satisfy Client needs in the context of real-world requirements and constraints. This approach enables our teams to identify and focus on key issues paving the way to optimized, reliable and fully tested solutions. We provide:

• A unique combination of systems level & detailed analytical skills
• Highly qualified and experienced staff
• Up to date computing facilities and software tools
• Client access to the combined skills of our network of consultants
• Flexibility and responsiveness to changes in the Client's needs
• High standards of professionalism & accuracy

Space Engineering directly participated to the following major space projects: Artemis, Meteosat, SICRAL, Eutelsat W24 and Hot Bird 5, Astra 1K, Cosmo-Skymed, CD-Radio, EGNOS, Radarsat, GALILEO, DAVID, Globalstar, Euro Sky Way. Major Customers are: ESA, ASI (Italian Space Agency), Alenia Spazio, Telespazio, Tilab, Alcatel, Oerlikon Contraves.

Space Engineering is currently significantly committed to the development of the satellite segment of the 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) through its participation to several EC- and ESA-funded system and hardware development projects (ROBMOD, VIRTUOUS, FUTURE, GAUSS, COMPOSE, ATB).

Contact: Mr. Antonio Vernucci
vernucci@space.it
http://www.space.it

4 - EUTELIS ITALIA

Eutelis Italia is a leading company belonging to the Eutelis Group. The Group is a telecommunications and media consulting group specialised in providing national and international consulting services to telecommunications and value added services providers, network operators and providers, equipment manufacturers, telecommunications users and public authorities. Additional services consist in consulting in the areas of regulatory framework, smartcard applications, human resources and start-up financing.

Eutelis Italia provides strategic consulting services consisting in technical and economic product and services development concepts as well as competitive, market, and efficiency analyses. Eutelis Italia also can assist in the implementation of strategic concepts by developing market entry strategies, marketing concepts, business concepts, and providing project management, product placement, development and realisation planning as well as expert opinions, studies and workshops. All of these services are carried out on an individual basis and are customized to suit each clients needs.

Eutelis Italia believes in maintaining a local presence in markets served and has established branches or indirect presence in Austria, England, Italy, Portugal, USA and Malaysia. In Germany, EUTELIS CONSULT is represented on a national basis with offices in Berlin, Bremen, Munich and headquarters in Ratingen, near Düsseldorf.

Consulting services in 3G market cover areas in the UMTS sector ranging from technical solutions to market research and entry concepts, from business and marketing planning to project management for service introduction. Eutelis Italia is experienced in supporting 3G new service providers of innovative services, in develop, implement and operate in the market. Eutelis Italia is presently operating in several EC projects.

Contact: Mr. Antonio D’Amico
antonio.damico@eutelisitalia.it
http://www.eutelisitalia.it

5 - University of Aquila

The Computer Science group in the Sciences Faculty of the University of L'Aquila is constituted by 5 Full Professors, 5 Associate Professors, 9 Assistant Professors, 2 Research Associate and 11 PhD Students. The main investigated research areas include algorithms and data structures, graph theory, combinatorial optimization, operations research, parallel and distributed computing, scheduling, algorithms for the communication in interconnection networks, databases, semantic, formal methods for software and hardware specification and testing, programming languages, software architectures, software engineering, computational logic, multi-agent systems and non monotonic reasoning.
In the last years the research activity has given rise to more than 60 papers published in international journals and to about 180 papers appeared in the proceedings of international conferences.
University of L’Aquila is currently involved in the IST project “FUTURE” with the role of WP leader and of supplier of on-line and exact off-line QoS-based scheduling algorithms.

Contact: Mr. Claudio Arbib
arbib@univaq.it
http://univaq.it /~oil

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6 - Aachen University of Technology

ComNets is the Chair of Communication Networks at Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany. Research work at the chair relies on well proven methods, namely probability theory, applied statistics, theory of Markov processes, queuing theory and stochastic simulation.
One main focus of work is on mathematical analysis and stochastic simulation of real systems, based on models, to define their characteristic traffic performance parameters. Another focus is on prototyping of newly developed protocols and services aimed to supplement or extend the applicability of communication networks.
Basic research at ComNets includes the development of tools, which will then be used in our application oriented work, and the mathematical analysis of problems of general interest. Application oriented Research is performed in the framework of projects funded by third parties, including industry.
The following list gives an overview of current or recently terminated projects and activities at ComNets, and characterizes the chair’s profile of expertise:

• National Research Projects with external Funding
• German Research Council 542/7 (Dynamic Channel Allocation and Mobility Management in Packet Based Cellular Radio Systems)
• German Research Council 542/9 (Redundant Topological Network Design and Dynamic Network Expansion)
• German Research Council 542/11-1 (Integration of Satellites-ATM with UMTS)
• State Minister for Research: Broadband Networks
• Federal Minister for Research: ATMmobil (Broadband Mobile Communication for Multimedia on ATM-Basis)

European Projects with EU-Funding:

• ACTS/Cameleon AC341 (Communication Agents for Mobility Enhancements in a Logical Environment of Open Networks)
• ACTS/THESEUS AC008 (Terminal at Highspeed for European Stock Exchange USers)
• ACTS/SAMBA AC204 (System for Advanced Mobile Broadband Applications)
• ACTS/ACCORD AC348 (ACts broadband-Communication jOint tRials & Demonstrations)
• ACTS/INSURED AC229 (INtegrated Satellite UMTS Real Environment Demonstrator)
• Telematics/VASCO 1062 (VAlidation of dedicated Short-range COmmunications)
• Telematics/ELECTRA 1010 (Electron. Learning Environment for Continual Training and Research in Alma)
• Telematics/A1 (European Interoperability of EFC Equipment based on DSRC)
• Telematics/STAR (Development of CEN Standard for dedicated short range radio communications)
• IST/VIRTUOUS (VIRTUal hOme Umts on Satellite)
• IST/FUTURE (FUncTional Umts Real Emulator)

Data characterizing the ComNets research group:

• 34 scientific assistants (fully employed)
• 40 to 50 students assistants (part time jobs)
• >65 master theses per year
• about 45 scientific publications per year
• 90 modern SUN Workstations in clusters (Unix/Solaris)
• 15 UNIX Workstations and >30 PC/Ats
• COMNETS has developed many commercially available tools in the areas addressed above.

Contact: Mr. Carl-Herbert Rokitansky
roki@comnets.rwth-aachen.de
http://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de

7 - Siemens Austria

Ranked by sales and number of employees, Siemens is world-wide one of the largest companies in the electrical and electronic sector. With a manufacturing and sales organisation in more than 150 countries, Siemens does more than half of its business outside Germany. Electronic products and systems now account for well over half of Siemens’ total sales.
Application oriented research is the basis for the development of new and improved products and systems. Continued development in nearly 300 fields of activity largely depend on the progress in about 30 core technologies, in which Siemens is concentrating its resources. Many of these technologies are developed at the Corporate Research and Development Department carrying out projects on research and basic development for material, products, and systems technologies in strategically important areas. These technologies will remain a most important source of innovation for the coming decade. Software is becoming increasingly important as a product on its own, as a development tool, and as an indispensable component in numerous products and systems.

Through the Information&Communication Mobile Group Siemens is one of the leading companies of private and public mobile communication and information technology world-wide. The group supplies switching/routing and radio access technology, mobile middleware, applications, and TMN and IN solutions, that is, in general, mobile radio networks and Internet products. With its comprehensive system solutions for public and private mobile wireless communication and computer networks Siemens offers a wide spectrum of products for the implementation of cost effective high performance networks, also supporting the convergence of voice and data. The sale of network solutions in more than 160 countries demonstrates Siemens’ unique global experience in network technologies. The experience encompasses multimedia technologies, IN, Internet, network management, security, and application of these technologies in the services based on them as well.
Siemens has a leading international position is mobile radio systems. The world’s first mobile radio network based on GSM standard was implemented in Germany in 1991 using Siemens technology. Since then, being number three in the global GSM market place, many mobile radio network operators in a lot of countries world-wide have ordered Siemens GSM systems.
Siemens was and is active in about 50 projects in the RACE, ACTS, and IST Programmes.

Siemens in Austria is a large high-tech company in the electrotechnical sector with many manufacturing plants and an extensive sales organisation in all the federal provinces. The company’s tradition in Austria dates back to 1879, the year in which Siemens was officially founded. Some of the major business areas are: Communications and information, components, energy, medicine, automation engineering, and transport. The Program and System Engineering (PSE) Department is the largest SW development organisation within Siemens. Since more than two decades PSE has been engaged in research and development in all fields of telecommunications, computing, and networking including both terrestrial and satellite based mobile systems.

Contact: Mr. Hermann Brand
hermann.brand@siemens.at
http://www.siemens.at/
http://www.siemens.com/

8 - Ericsson Hellas

Ericsson Hellas Telecommunications Equipment S.A. is owned 100% by L.M. Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden. In Greece, the presence of Ericsson starts in 1960 through representatives. Ericsson Hellas was founded in 1979. The company is located in a 7,000 sq. m. office building and has over 300 employees. Ericsson Hellas (EH) consolidated turnover in Greece for 2000 was over 400 M Euro.
Other activities of EH in Greece include the following:

• Mobile Telephone Systems: EH has dominated the Greek mobile communication market by capturing almost 100% of the GSM infrastructure and over 45% of the mobile communications terminals. EH supplies to both GSM operators in Greece (Panafon Telestet and Cosmote) with infrastructure GSM equipment. In addition, EH manages with its highly competent engineering personal the maintenance and support contracts, with all three GSM network operators.
• EH is the key player in the modernisation of the national telecommunications network of Greece by installing the Digital Public Exchanges AXE-10, with sales of more than 800000 lines.
• EH is very active in the private business voice and data communication market. It offers a variety of equipment to shipping companies, banks, medium size and large industrial and commercial firms, public organisations and universities and small and medium enterprises.
• Ericsson was recently awarded a major military contract in Greece worth of 925 M Euro in a consortium with Thomson CSF to supply the most advanced airborne radar for the Greek AirForces.
• EH today by employing technical experts with international recognised achievements and experience participates actively in R&D since 1996 when assumed the management of “Metamorp” a European project under the 4th FWP. In the 5th FWP EH is presently engaged in two IST projects “FUTURE” and “MAMBO”. EH is in close co-operation with Ericsson’s R&D corporate network and participates to ETSI technical committees.

Contact: Mr. Evan Dimopoulos
evan.dimopoulos@etg.ericsson.se
http://www.ericsson.gr
http://www.ericsson.com

9 - Integrasys

Integrasys, established in 1990, is an SME software development and engineering company specialized in the design, development and integration of both Non Real Time and Real Time software for automated measurement systems in the telecommunication field. The company also develops software for systems such as multimedia terminals, man machine interface GUIs, services access software for broadband interfaces and tailored turn-key measurement systems under computer control in the areas of quality assurance, conformance testing, satellite signal monitoring and surveillance and type approval test certification of telecommunications equipment.

Integrasys started in 1992 to develop software for measurement automation in distributed environment. Our first system, developed for Telefónica type approval and conformance laboratory, introduced the concept of measurement server. This was a Unix workstation on a Ethernet department LAN, in charge of controlling a type approval test system through GP-IB and transfering real-time data results to several different clients and to a data base server running a SQL engine.

During the last ten years, Integrasys has been developing its own technology in this field working mainly for telecom operators and regulatory government agencies (Telefónica, Retevión and Secretaría General de Telecomunicaciones (Spanish Ministry of Science & Technology).

Integrasys has participated in research projects under the umbrella of European Commission in this area of knowledge. First in 1994, TESTLIB, ESPRIT nº 21216 "C++ Object oriented test libraries for generic re-use of test code in Type Approval computer controlled test systems".

Other R&D projects were Integrasys has participated are ACTS AC.090: FRAMES (Future Radio Wideband Multiple Access Systems), ACTS AC.236: CABSINET (Cellular Access to Broadband Services and Interactive Television).

Current activities in European research projects:

Integrasys is participation in four IST projects under the CE V Framework Programme: SODETEL, Software Development Improvement For Telecommunication Applications Using Component-Based & Quality Assurance Methodologies (IST-1999-20120), BRAHMS (BRoadband Access for High speed Multimedia via Satellite), FAIN (Future Active IP Networks), FUTURE (FUncTional Umts Real Emulator) .

Contact: Integrasys
integrasys@integrasys.es
http://www.integrasys.es

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10 - Ascom

Ascom is an international industrial group, headquartered in Switzerland’s capital Berne, and quoted on the Swiss stock exchange. Ascom is active in selected segments of telecommunications and service automation. Ascom has subsidiaries in all major European, North American, and Asian-Pacific markets as well as companies in Latin America. Ascom’s revenue for 2000 totalled CHF 3’143 billion. In 2000 almost three quarters of Ascom’s revenue came from outside of Switzerland (24% Switzerland, 52% Rest of Europe, 24% Rest of World). In 2000 Ascom had 10’800 employees, 3’900 of them in Switzerland and 5’500 in the rest of Europe. The holding is organised in 5 divisions: Integrated Services incl. Security Solutions, Network Integration and Transport Revenue, New Technologies incl. Powerline Communications, Enterprise Communications, Energy Systems and Cooperations incl. Carrier Access.

Ascom Systec AG is an independent subsidiary of Ascom. It is Ascom’s centre of competence for defence and civilian communica-tions and security systems. Applicable Research & Technology (AR&T) is a strategic business unit of ASCOM Systec with about 30 scientists and research engineers. Its mission is to maintain a leading edge competence for Ascom in selected areas of Wireless, Pattern Recognition, and Signal Processing technologies. In wireless communication systems, the focus is on the lower layers: coding, modulation and detection, signal processing algorithms, antenna design, propagation modelling and simulation, and radio protocols. Moreover, AR&T built up know-how in UMTS system level aspects. This competence is used for Ascom-internal and external UMTS consultancy service.

Contact: Mr. Johannes Maucher
johannes.maucher@ascom.ch
http://www.art-solutions.ch

DELIVERABLES

The deliverables indicated as public deliverables in the table here-below can be downloaded from a specific ftp server. In order to receive the address and password of this server, please send an e-mail specifying your name and address and the reason for requesting the deliverable to the Project Coordinator at: arnoldo_giralda@telespazio.it

WORKSHOPS

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Genoa, Italy, October 28-30 2004

SAILOR Workshop, October 28 2004

SAILOR Workshop

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